Apple iPhone 17 vs Nothing Phone 2a (12GB RAM + 256GB)

Here you can compare Apple iPhone 17 and Nothing Phone 2a (12GB RAM + 256GB). Comparing Apple iPhone 17 vs Nothing Phone 2a (12GB RAM + 256GB) on Smartprix enables you to check their respective specs scores and unique features. It would potentially help you understand how Apple iPhone 17 stands against Nothing Phone 2a (12GB RAM + 256GB) and which one should you buy The current lowest price found for Apple iPhone 17 is ₹82,900 and for Nothing Phone 2a (12GB RAM + 256GB) is ₹29,999. The details of both of these products were last updated on Sep 13, 2026.

Specification	Apple iPhone 17	Nothing Phone 2a (12GB RAM + 256GB)
Internal Memory	256 GB	256 GB
OS	iOS v26	Android v14
Display	6.3 inches, 1206 x 2622 pixels, 120 Hz	6.7 inches, 1084 x 2412 pixels, 120 Hz
Battery	3692 mAh, Li-ion Battery	5000 mAh, Li-Po Battery
Rear Camera	48 MP ƒ/1.6 (Wide Angle) 26mm (wide), 1/1.56", 1.0µm, dual pixel PDAF, sensor-shift OIS, Also enables 12MP optical-quality 2x Telephoto: 52 mm, ƒ/1.6 aperture, sensor-shift optical image stabilisation, 100% Focus Pixels 48 MP ƒ/2.2 (Ultra Wide) 13mm, 120˚ (ultrawide), 1/2.55", 0.7µm, PDAF, IMX972	50 MP ƒ/1.88 (Wide Angle) 1/1.56" 50 MP ƒ/2.2 (Ultra Wide) 1/2.76", 114° FOV
Price	₹82,900	₹29,999

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Overview

Specs Score	76 / 100 Better Specs	71 / 100
Display Size	6.3 in	6.7 in Bigger Display
Display Resolution	1206 x 2622 pixels Better Resolution	1084 x 2412 pixels
RAM	8 GB	12 GB More RAM
CPU Clock Speed		2.8 GHz Faster Clock Speed
CPU Cores	Hexa Core	Octa Core More CPU Cores
Front Camera	18 MP	32 MP Better Front Camera Resolution
Weight	177 g Lighter	190 g
Thickness	8 mm Slimmer	8.55 mm
Battery	3692 mAh	5000 mAh Bigger Battery
Unique Features	No Wireless Charging No	Fingerprint Sensor No Reverse Charging

General

Country of Origin		India
Model	iPhone 17	Phone 2a
Sim Type	Dual Sim, GSM+GSM	Dual Sim, GSM+GSM
Dual Sim	Yes	Yes
Sim Size	eSIM+Nano SIM	Nano+Nano SIM
eSIM Support	Yes
Device Type	Smartphone	Smartphone
OS Updates		3 years
Security Updates		4 years
Release Date	September 09, 2025	March 05, 2024
In The Box	iPhone with iOS 26, USB-C Charge Cable (1 m), Documentation	Handset, Nothing Cable (C-C), Screen Protector (Pre Applied), Sim Tray Ejector, Safety Information and Warranty Card

Design

Dimensions	71.5 x 149.6 x 8 mm	76.32 x 161.74 x 8.55 mm
Weight	177 g	190 g
Colors	Black, White, Mist Blue, Sage, Lavender	White, Black

Display

Type	Color OLED Screen (1B Colors)	Color AMOLED Screen (1.07 B)
Touch	Yes	Yes, 240 Hz Touch Sampling Rate
Size	6.3 inches, 1206 x 2622 pixels, 120 Hz	6.7 inches, 1084 x 2412 pixels, 120 Hz
Aspect Ratio	20:9	20:9
PPI	~ 460 PPI	~ 394 PPI
Screen to Body Ratio	~ 90.1%	~ 87.2%
Glass Type	Ceramic Shield 2	Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Brightness	1,000 Nits Max Brightness (Typical); 1,600 Nits Peak Brightness (Hdr); 3,000 Nits Peak Brightness (Outdoor); 1 Nit Minimum Brightness
HDR Support	Yes
Adaptive Refresh Rate	Yes
Color Gamut	Wide Colour (P3)
Features	Dynamic Island, Always-on Display, Promotion Technology With Adaptive Refresh Rates Up To 120hz, Hdr Display, True Tone,, Haptic Touch, 20,00,000:1 Contrast Ratio (Typical), Fingerprint-resistant Oleophobic Coating, Anti-reflective Coating, Support For Display Of Multiple Languages And Characters Simultaneously	2160Hz PWM Frequency, 5,000,000:1, 1300 Nits Peak Brightness, 1100 Nits Outdoor Brightness, 700 Nits Typical Brightness, Always On Display
Notch	Yes, Small Notch	Yes, Punch Hole

Memory

RAM	8 GB	12 GB
Storage	256 GB	256 GB
Storage Type		UFS 2.2
Card Slot	No

Connectivity

GPRS	Yes	Yes
EDGE	Yes	Yes
3G	Yes	Yes
4G	Yes	Yes
5G	Yes	Yes
5G Bands	FDD-5G NR (Bands n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n12, n20, n25, n26, n28, n30, n66, n70, n75), TDD-5G NR (Bands n38, n40, n41, n48, n53, n77, n78, n79)	sn1, n3, n5, n7, n8, n20, n28, n38, n40, n41, n66, n77, n78
VoLTE	Yes	Yes, Dual Stand-By
Wifi	Yes, with wifi-hotspot	Yes, with wifi-hotspot
Wifi Version	Wi-Fi 7	802.11 a/b/g/n/ac or ax (Wi-Fi 6), 2.4 GHz / 5 GHz dual-band, 2x2 MIMO and MU-MIMO
Ultra Wideband (UWB) Support	Yes
Bluetooth	Yes, v6.0, A2DP, LE	Yes, v5.3, A2DP, BLE
USB	Yes, USB-C v2.0	Yes, USB-C v2.0
USB Features	USB on-the-go, USB Charging	USB Tethering, USB on-the-go, USB Charging, USB Storage

Performance

AnTuTu Score		701,545 (Total) (v10) 222,438 (CPU) 174,768 (GPU) 135,612 (Memory) 168,727 (UX)
Geekbench Score	9,263 (Multi Core) (v6) 3,617 (Single Core)	2,485 (Multi Core) (v6) 1,093 (Single Core) 3,347 (OpenCL) 3,363 (Vulkan)
3DMark Score		1,139 (Wild Life Extreme)
Speaker Score		72 (Good)
Battery Test Result		15.25 hours

Extra

GPS	Precision dual-frequency GPS (GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, BeiDou and NavIC) Digital compass Wi‑Fi Cellular iBeacon micro-location	Yes, with GPS (L1), GLONASS (G1), BDS (B1I), GALILEO (E1), QZSS (L1)
Fingerprint Sensor	No	Yes, In Display
Face Unlock	Yes	Yes
Sensors	Face Id, Barometer, High Dynamic Range Gyro, High-g Accelerometer, Proximity Sensor, Dual Ambient Light Sensors	Accelerometer, Electronic Compass, Gyroscope, Ambient Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Sensor Core
3.5mm Headphone Jack	No	No
NFC	Yes	Yes
AI Features	Apple Intelligence
Water Resistance	Yes, 6 m upto 30 min	Yes
IP Rating	IP68	IP54
Dust Resistant	Yes	Yes
Extra Features	Emergency SOS, Crash Detection, Apple N1 Wireless Networking Chip, Apple second-generation Ultra Wideband Chip	Glyph Interface, Advanced Liquid Cooling Vapor Chamber, Dual 5G

Camera

Rear Camera	48 MP ƒ/1.6 (Wide Angle) 26mm (wide), 1/1.56", 1.0µm, dual pixel PDAF, sensor-shift OIS, Also enables 12MP optical-quality 2x Telephoto: 52 mm, ƒ/1.6 aperture, sensor-shift optical image stabilisation, 100% Focus Pixels 48 MP ƒ/2.2 (Ultra Wide) 13mm, 120˚ (ultrawide), 1/2.55", 0.7µm, PDAF, IMX972	50 MP ƒ/1.88 (Wide Angle) 1/1.56" 50 MP ƒ/2.2 (Ultra Wide) 1/2.76", 114° FOV
Camera Sensor	Sony IMX904	50 MP (Main) Samsung GN9 + 50 MP (UW) ISOCELL JN1
OIS		Yes
Auto Focus	Yes, Phase Detection autofocus	Yes
Features	2x Optical Zoom In, 2x Optical Zoom Out; 4x Optical Zoom Range, Digital Zoom Up To 10x, Sapphire Crystal Lens Cover, True Tone Flash, Photonic Engine, Deep Fusion, Smart Hdr 5, Next-generation Portraits With Focus And Depth Control, Portrait Lighting With Six Effects, Night Mode, Panorama (Up To 63mp), Latest-generation Photographic Styles, Spatial Photos, 48mp Macro Photography, Wide Colour Capture For Photos And Live Photos, Lens Correction (Fusion Ultra Wide), Advanced Red-eye Correction, Auto Image Stabilisation, Burst Mode, Photo Geotagging, Image Formats Captured: Heif And Jpeg, Video Recording: 4k Dolby Vision Video Recording At 24 Fps, 25 Fps, 30 Fps Or 60 Fps 1080p Dolby Vision Video Recording At 25 Fps, 30 Fps Or 60 Fps 720p Dolby Vision Video Recording At 30 Fps Cinematic Mode Up To 4k Dolby Vision At 30 Fps Action Mode Up To 2.8k Dolby Vision At 60 Fps Macro Video Recording, Including Slow Motion And Time Lapse Slow‑motion Video Support For 1080p At 120 Fps Or 240 Fps Spatial Video Recording At 1080p At 30 Fps Dual Capture Up To 4k Dolby Vision At 30 Fps Time‑lapse Video With Stabilisation Night Mode Time Lapse Quicktake Video Up To 4k Dolby Vision At 60 Fps Sensor-shift Optical Image Stabilisation For Video (Fusion Main) Digital Zoom Up To 6x Audio Zoom True Tone Flash Cinematic Video Stabilisation (4k, 1080p And 720p) Continuous Autofocus Video Take 8mp Still Photos While Recording 4k Video Playback Zoom Video Formats Recorded: Hevc And H.264 Spatial Audio And Stereo Recording Wind Noise Reduction Audio Mix	Night Mode, Portrait Mode, Motion Photo, Super Res Zoom, Lenticular (Filter), AI Scene Detection, Expert Mode, Panorama, Night Mode, Document Mode, Ultra XDR
Video Recording	4K @ 60 fps UHD, 1080p @ 60 fps FHD	4K @ 30 fps UHD, 1080p @ 60 fps FHD
Flash	Yes, Dual LED	Yes, LED
Front Camera	18 MP ƒ/1.9 (Wide Angle) IMX914 Retina Flash	32 MP ƒ/2.2 (Wide Angle) 1/2.74" Punch Hole, Screen Flash
Front Video Recording	4K @ 60 fps UHD, 1080p @ 60 fps FHD	1080p @ 30 fps FHD

Technical

OS	iOS v26	Android v14
Custom UI		Nothing OS 2.5
Chipset	Apple A19	Mediatek Dimensity 7200 Pro
CPU	Hexa Core Processor	2.8 GHz, Octa Core Processor
Core Details		2x2.8 GHz Cortex-A715 & 6x 2.0 Cortex-A510
Fabrication Node	3nm
GPU	Apple GPU (5-core graphics)	Mali-G610 MC4
Java	No	No
Browser	Yes	Yes, supports HTML5

Multimedia

Email	Yes	Yes
Music	AAC‑LC, HE‑AAC, HE‑AAC v2, Protected AAC, MP3, Linear PCM, Apple Lossless, FLAC, Dolby Digital (AC‑3), Dolby Digital Plus (E‑AC‑3), Dolby Atmos and Audible (formats 2, 3, 4, Audible Enhanced Audio, AAX and AAX+)	MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, WAV, FLAC, APE, OGG, MID, M4A, IMY, AC3, EAC3, EAC3-JOC, AC4
Video	HEVC, H.264, MPEG‑4 Part 2 and Motion JPEG, HDR with Dolby Vision, HDR10 and HLG	MKV, MOV, MP4, H.265 (HEVC), AVI, WMV, TS, 3GP, FLV, WEBM
FM Radio	No	No
Speaker Type		Dual Stereo
Document Reader	Yes	Yes

Battery

Type	Non-Removable Battery	Non-Removable Battery
Size	3692 mAh, Li-ion Battery	5000 mAh, Li-Po Battery
Fast Charging	Yes	Yes, 45W Fast Charging
Wireless Charging	Yes, 25W MagSafe
Reverse Charging		Yes, 5W
Reverse Wireless Charging	Yes
Video Playback Time	30 hours

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